Stanley "Stan" Pines, also known as Grunkle Stan and the assumed identity Stanford Pines, is a main character in the 2012 Disney Channel/Disney XD animated series Gravity Falls, created and voiced by the series creator Alex Hirsch. Stan is the great-uncle ("Grunkle") of the show's protagonists, twins Dipper and Mabel Pines, who are sent to live with Stan for the summer at the Mystery Shack, his house and tourist trap which presents rogue taxidermies and objects of supposedly supernatural origins. As the proprietor of the Mystery Shack, he wears a black suit, red string bow tie and fez, occasionally an eyepatch (worn over his glasses on an inconsistent side), and carries a cane topped by a billiard 8-ball. At home, he is usually seen wearing slippers, blue and white-striped boxer shorts, a white tank top, and a gold necklace.
At the beginning of the show, Stan, known as Grunkle Stan and Stanford Pines, is portrayed as a relatively simple character, with his shady past being used primarily as a joke until later in the series. In the episode "A Tale of Two Stans", his real name is revealed as Stanley Pines, who spent 30 years covertly working to bring his own twin brother, the real Stanford Pines, back to their reality after being sucked through an interdimensional portal.
